It was a big week for Fox Business Anchor Stuart Varney.

 Varney & Company  beat CNBC for the week with 33,000 viewers in the key A25-54 demo vs. CNBC’s 32,000 according to Nielsen Media Research.

This is the first time ever the 9am-12pm/ET program topped rival CNBC’s Squawk on the Street (9am-11am/ET) and Squawk Alley (11am-12pm/ET) for a week.

In total viewers, Varney came within 20 percent of CNBC, earning 171,000 viewers for the three hour block to CNBC’s 214,000.